Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Coping with the pressure
- Available space decreasing
- Development increasing
- Demand for space increases
- Competition increasing
- Conflict increasing
- Coral reefs
- Biodiversity
- Protect low-lying coasts
- Rich fish stocks
- Recreation and tourism appeal
- under threat from over fishing and pollution
- Sensitive to temperature
change and water quality
- Mangroves
- Trees and shrubs that grow in
saline coastal habitats in the
tropics and subtropics
- Vital nurseries for fish and are rich in wildlife
- Help create new land as the roots trap silt
- Mangrove timber provides fuel
and building material
- Protection from storm surges
- Asian tsunami 2004
- Only 2 died in the area with
mangroves whereas 6,000 died in
a village without mangroves
- Salt Marshes
- Found along low
coasts where boggy
ground is flooded by
sea water
- Many UK salt marshes
have been reclaimed for
farm land
- High biodiversity
- Provide valuable habitats
- Protect coastal areas
- Threatened by human activity and changes associated with global warming
- Dibden Bay, UK
- Southampton, on the English South coast
- One of the country's leading ports
- Container-handling business has been booming in the UK for any years
- In 2000, it became clear that the port needed to be expanded
- Land reclamation has occurred
- National need for more container-handling capacity
- Southampton well placed for transatlantic container traffic
- Job creation
- Increased efficiency of the port
- Beneficial knock-on effects in industries
- More money in local economy
- Threat to designated environmental areas
- Dredging would be necessary
- Risk of oil spills
- Proximity to the New Forest National Park
- Habitat loss
- Visual impact
- Traffic congestion increased by 50%
- Urbanisation of a rural area
- Adverse impact on quality of life
- Port expansion better in east coast ports